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Robots To Save Lives


If you've ever done CPR for a while, it gets quite tiring, quickly. It's hard for a person, even in good physical condition, to do it for more than 10 minutes at a time. The job of pumping on a chest, is one job everyone would be happy to give away.
An Automatic resuscitator that gives life-saving treatment to heart attack victims has been developed. The mechanical device delivers consistent, sustained chest compressions that help restore the blood flow to the heart.
It helps ambulance paramedics by taking over the physical hands-on work of CPR - the Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation familiar to viewers of Casualty and ER - leaving them free to provide other treatments.

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